Ethiopia

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Amharic ኢትዮጵያ Ityopp'ya) is a country situated in the Horn of Africa. It has one of the most extensive known histories as an independent nation on the continent, or indeed in the world. Unique among African countries, Ethiopia maintained independence during the Scramble for Africa, and continued to do so except for a 5 year period when it was under Italian occupation. Ethiopia was historically called Abyssinia. The name "Ethiopia" is sometimes thought by Westerners to derive from a Greek term meaning "burnt visage", but this etymology is problematic. Ethiopian sources state that the name is derived from a son or grandson of Cush, son of Ham.

External links

Relief Organizations

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• The Denan Project - Provides Qualified Medical Relief For The People Of Denan

Government

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• Embassy of Ethiopia in Washington DC information about the Ethiopian government
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia
• Ministry of Information of Ethiopia
• The Crown Council of Ethiopia official monarchy site
• The Parliament of Ethiopia official site

News

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• Addis Tribune newspaper with a weekly online edition
• allAfrica - Ethiopia news
• Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) government agency
• Nazret.com Ethiopian news portal
• Ethiopian Review
• Helm Magazine art, culture, fashion and talent from Ethiopia
• Walta Information Center news

Overviews

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• BBC News - Country profile: Ethiopia
• Ethiopian Treasures - History, Culture, Language, Religion - Ethiopia
• CIA - The World Factbook: Ethiopia
• Guardian Unlimited - Special Report: Ethiopia 2000
• Library of Congress - Country Study: Ethiopia most data as of July 1991

Directories

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• Ethio SearchEthiopian on-line directory and search engine
• LookSmart - Ethiopia directory category
• Open Directory Project - Ethiopia directory category
• Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Ethiopia directory category
• The Index on Africa - Ethiopia directory category
• University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: Ethiopia directory category
• Yahoo! - Ethiopia directory category

Tourism

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• Ethiopian Tourism Commission government agency
• {{wikitravel}}

Portals

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• CyberEthiopia.com (Ethiopic)
• Ethiopian Reporter
• EthioSearch.com (Amharic and English)
• EthioIndex.com (News, Directory, Forums)
• EthioZena.net
• myethiopia.info

Other

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• Amharic software store download free Unicode standard Geez software
• ElectionsInfo.com - Forum
• Ethiopundit blog of "Eclectic Ethiopian & Ethio-American Commentary"
• rastafarian.nl - Ethiopia
• Tezeta.org
• Ethio Networks website developers in Amharic